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  US Hostage, Paul Johnson, Beheaded

  by DevonMcBride in

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  http://www.cnn.com/2004/world/meast/06/18/saudi.kidnap/index.html report: u.s. hostage beheaded al arabiya says new video shows killing

  friday, june 18, 2004 posted: 1:38 pm edt (1738 gmt) .

  (cnn) -- an arabic tv news network said friday that american hostage paul johnson jr. has been beheaded by his saudi captors.

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  Just as you cannot condemn all the US military on the actions of a few depraved guards, you cannot condemn a whole religion on a few fringe fanatical followers. .

  Will
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  Enron Traders Caught On Tape

  by William Penwell in

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  enron traders caught on tape

  cbs news

  (cbs) when a forest fire shut down a major transmission line into california, cutting power supplies and raising prices, enron energy traders celebrated, cbs news correspondent vince gonzales reports.

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  More Enron tapes;

  More Incriminating Enron Tapes (CBS) They are the audiotapes Enron -- and the government -- didn't want you to hear: recordings of Enron traders gloating over the way they manipulated energy shortages to maximize profits.
  
  The tapes were first obtained by CBS News Correspondent Vince Gonzales, and aired on the CBS Evening News. Tonight Gonzales reports on what Enron plans to do now that the tapes have gone public.
  
  Western states hard hit by the energy crisis of four years ago still owe hundreds of millions of dollars to the very same companies that rigged electricity markets, pushing up prices, causing rolling blackouts and power shortages.
  
  "We had to go out and buy energy to keep our system in the red, to keep our lights on, to keep the strip up and running and we had to do so at exorbitant prices," says Russ Campbell, attorney for the Nevada Power Company.
  
  Tapes given to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, show Enron and its partners in Nevada gouged consumers and forced utilities in that state? and others throughout the west? to sign expensive long-term contracts at the height of the crisis.
  
  "I want to see what pain and heartache this is going to cause Nevada Power Company," says one Enron trader on the tapes. "I want to f--k with Nevada for a while."
  
  "What do you mean?" a second trader asks.
  
  "I just, I'm still in the mood to screw with people, OK?" the first trader answers.
  
  "This was not a smoking gun, this was an audio tape of the bullet coming out of the chamber, hitting the victim and the killer standing over the body and laughing about it," says Nevada Power Company's Campbell.
  
  But officials at the FERC, the very agency charged with regulating energy companies, has not only known about the tapes for two years, but fought attempts to release them.
  
  Now Senator Barbara Boxer of California has called on the FERC to go after those who gouged energy consumers and end those expensive contracts -- or else.
  
  "I said wait a minute, who are you representing here, those folks who cheated us or the consumers," says Boxer.
  
  "I'm calling on President Bush to ask for the resignation of any FERC commissioner who continues to stand in the way of justice for California consumers who were victimized during the energy crisis," she says.
  
  But to add insult to injury, Enron and other energy companies hope to pull themselves out of bankruptcy by collecting on the contracts, and are now suing their victims. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/16/eveningnews/main623569.shtml
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  Latest Watchtower study... Still discouraging higher education!!!

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  one of the paragraphs read that 'if in the area where you live you need higher education after you graduate, then the young person must speak with the parents in order to help them balance the schedule so that he/she doesn't neglect spiritual things'.

  alright, i thought, that's a somewhat balanced point of view; i thought, good they're coming along with the times we live in.

  yeah, right!!!

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  If I took the WT advise I would still be in a job I don't like for the last 30 years. I could see that what I was doing was unsatisfying so I went out and took part time schooling and upgraded myself. Today I may not be making millions of dollars but I am in a job I enjoy. I know many that made big money but now they are at a point in their life where they would like to get into a less physical job but can't because they are now too old to get rehired.

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  Possibly the Funniest Blooper Ever...

  by FMZ in

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  i just could not stop laughing.... this is absolutely priceless.... http://www.wiredvideo.com/clips/av5/techtv-blooper.wmv.

  i just love the way he stops himself dropping the f bomb, but still feels the need to use another expletive to convey his dismay at the situation... lol.

  fmz

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  That would be truly an awful moment. It was an old Edison cylinder record. It maybe a set up. I recall on The Antiques Road Show, one of the commentators was showing a priceless vase and then he accidentally dropped it. They said after that it was a staged practical joke.

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  One more victory for the Christians and it sucks!!!

  by Atilla in

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  i saw that today the supreme court threw out the case with the atheist father arguing that the under god phrase in the pledge of allegiance was unconstitutional.

  i guess the case was thrown out on a technicality because the daughter does not live with her father but with her christian mother thus making the father's case invalid.

  i knew about this case but i did not realize that is was dubbie prez.

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  Don't you all know George Bush and Pat Robertson talk to God all the time?

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  7th day psychos!!

  by boy@crossroads in

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  today, saturday i figured i'd take a little run to the adventist church to see how similiar they are to the witnesses.

  after talking with them i just had to run to the computer, asap.. after the service, people started walking out.

  i felt like walking out too b/c there was a lot of old people and they were kind of cliqueish.

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  Good post.

  Finally someone, an older man came to talk to me. Sucker had some bad breath too, but at least he came to talk to me so I shouldn't be so hard on him.

  I would like to put money on it but it seems like that no matter where I go I end up talking to the old man with toilet breath.

  Anyway thats why I believe all religions are same s***, different pile.

  Will
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  CANADA REFUSES TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO RONALD REAGAN

  by William Penwell in

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  canada refuses to change its name to ronald reagan, by andy borowitz

  canada today rebuffed a proposal made by republicans in congress to change its name to ronald reagan.. .

  the controversial proposal, which appeared to have broad backing from congressional republicans, was suggested as a way for canada to show its appreciation for the kindness and friendship that mr. reagan extended during his eight years as presidentbut moments after the proposal was floated, canadian prime minister paul martin gave the notion of renaming his country ronald reagan a frosty thumbs-down.. .

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  Brian Mulroney, now there's a used car salesman for you.
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  CANADA REFUSES TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO RONALD REAGAN

  by William Penwell in

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  canada refuses to change its name to ronald reagan, by andy borowitz

  canada today rebuffed a proposal made by republicans in congress to change its name to ronald reagan.. .

  the controversial proposal, which appeared to have broad backing from congressional republicans, was suggested as a way for canada to show its appreciation for the kindness and friendship that mr. reagan extended during his eight years as presidentbut moments after the proposal was floated, canadian prime minister paul martin gave the notion of renaming his country ronald reagan a frosty thumbs-down.. .

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  CANADA REFUSES TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO RONALD REAGAN, by Andy Borowitz

  Canada today rebuffed a proposal made by Republicans in Congress to change its name to Ronald Reagan.
  
  The controversial proposal, which appeared to have broad backing from congressional Republicans, was suggested as a way for Canada to show its appreciation for the kindness and friendship that Mr. Reagan extended during his eight years as presidentBut moments after the proposal was floated, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin gave the notion of renaming his country Ronald Reagan a frosty thumbs-down.
  
  ?Canada has no intention of changing its name to Ronald Reagan, Ronald McDonald or Ronald anything else,? Mr. Martin said in a speech to Parliament. ?For one thing, it would require a total rewrite of the song ?O Canada.?But in Congress, leading Republicans said that renaming the Canadian national anthem ?O Ronald Reagan? was ?no biggie? and attributed selfish motives to Canada?s refusal.
  
  ?After all Ronald Reagan did for them, these Canadians are acting like a bunch of ingrates,? said Senator James M. Inhofe (R-OK). ?It?s no wonder some of them speak French, if you catch my meaning.?Mr. Imhofe said that if Canada held fast to its position, the U.S. would ask Mexico or possibly England to change its name, ?but if all else fails, there?s always Iraq.?
  
  Elsewhere, the Bush re-election campaign announced today that after a week-long hiatus, it would resume airing blistering attack ads about Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) at 12:01 AM Saturday.The ads will air on a relentless, round-the-clock basis in every state of the country because, in the words of Bush strategist Karl Rove, ?We have a week?s worth of catching up to do.?
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  Question about thr 2004 DC

  by William Penwell in

  1. jw
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  just a question or comment about the 2004 district conventions.

  is there a move by the wt society to have the district conventions in smaller venues??

  or are they trying to lower their costs?

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  Scully,

  The larger big-city venues lost a lot of money with the conventions: no concession sales, no parking revenue, no tickets for admission. Personally, I think the management just got fed up with the losses and could easily bring in events that would give them the revenue that the WTS conventions do not.

  That is the major reason given as to moving the conventions. You are correct the JW conventions do not bring in enough revenue to the local businesses, so the WT is its own enemy. I recall 30 years ago after one of our big International Convention, the TV coverage was shown the hugh traffic jambs and interviewing the pissed off commuters.The local mayor at the time was interviewed and said it wasn't worth all the head aches as the JW did not bring much revenue to the area. I mean even 30 years ago the "wicked worldly ones" were already seeing it wasn't worth all the trouble.

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  Question about thr 2004 DC

  by William Penwell in

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  just a question or comment about the 2004 district conventions.

  is there a move by the wt society to have the district conventions in smaller venues??

  or are they trying to lower their costs?

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  Oops this is was posted twice by mistake.

  Will